Drone footage is some of the most interesting video I have seen in quite a while. It gives the viewer a a birds eye view of the terrain from a very unique perspective.  Much like when Robin Williams' character in Dead Poet's Society climbed on top of his desk to illustrate the point, sometimes a change in your point of view is necessary to fully appreciate what you have.

As is custom in the human animal from all good things come bad things. Such is the case for these flying video platforms that we call quadcopters or drones. In the hands of a skilled pilot who is capturing video of a flood, a festival, or a dangerous situation drones are incredible. When they are used to spy over privacy fences or take paparazzi like photos of people who aren't even famous that is where the line gets drawn.

A 47 year old father in Kentucky noticed a drone flying above his neighbors house as he sat outside his own property. It was when the drone that just happened to be carrying a video camera decided to hover directly above his sunbathing 16 year old daughter that he did what many a father might do. He decided to put an end to it.

He went into his home, grabbed his shotgun and brought the drone down. When the four young men who were the obvious pilots of the drone attempted to come on to his property  he informed them that they did not have the right to come on to his property and he was prepared to use deadly force to defend that right.

The police were notified and by the time the situation was wrapped up the homeowner was the only one that had been charged. He was charged with first degree criminal mischief and first degree wanton endangerment. Both of those charges are related to his discharging of a weapon. The man, 47 year old William Meredith is confident that those charges will be reduced or dropped once his case is heard in court.

So that brings to mind this question, Where does your property line start? Does it extend upward into the heavens there by creating a no fly zone around your yard? I guess the courts will be hashing this one out over the next few years as more and more drone pilots, good and bad, will be taking to the skies.

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